Sir David Willcocks has conducted the International Church Music Festival (ICMF) since 1984. He began his musical training as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, later winning scholarships to Clifton College and King’s College, Cambridge. Under his direction, The Bach Choir, King’s College Choir, and the Royal College of Music Chamber Choir have made many recordings of great choral works with England’s leading orchestras. He was knighted by the Queen in 1977 and has received honorary degrees in the USA and Canada, as well as from the Universities of Bradford, Bristol, Exeter, Leicester, and Sussex in the United Kingdom. In 2005 he was awarded the prestigious Sanford Medal from Yale University in America. Read more about Sir David Willcocks here.
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